Dwyane Wade calls final season of Big 3 era a ‘bad marriage’

Dwyane Wade’s reunion with LeBron James in Cleveland has gotten off to a rocky start.

And it reminds him of their final season together in Miami, which he compared on Thursday to “a bad marriage.”

Through the first eight games since Wade joined the Cavaliers and reunited with his former Heat teammate, Cleveland is 3-5 and is sitting third-to-last in the Eastern Conference standings.

While talking to reporters in after Cavaliers practice on Thursday, Wade said the early-season struggles evoked memories of the Heat’s 2014 season – the last of four when he, James and Chris Bosh all wore Miami jerseys and lost in the NBA Finals to the San Antonio Spurs.

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Miami welcomes the three kings of the Miami Heat as Lebron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh join the NBA team in a spectacular show at AmericanAirlines Arena on Friday July 9, 2010.

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"As a team," Wade told reporters including Cleveland.com, "We were kind of like this. It was worse because it wasn't new guys. It was guys who had been around each other four years in a row. Your jokes weren't funny anymore to other guys. When you walked in, it wasn't a big smile any more. Guys were just over you.

"It's like being in a bad marriage. But we somehow made it to the Finals."

According to Dwyane Wade, the Cavs will have an extremely difficult road to get back to the Finals for a fourth straight season. #Cavspic.twitter.com/E15ngDCF93